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MANFRED ENGLE, or scHENEcTADY, NEW YORK.

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SPEGIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. I739,999, dated September 29, 1903.

Application filed December 10, 190.1. Serial No. 85,304- (N o model.) l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MANFRED ENGLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Tables, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to a table for service as an ironing-table and as an invalid-table'as occasion may require andlbe adapted to be compactly folded for suspension from a wall when not in service; and it consistsV of the novel features of construction and combination and arrangements of p arts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

The objects and advantages of this invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken 4in connection with the annexed drawings, in

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation taken at line Vl in Fig. 3 and illustrates the table opened for service either as an ironing-table or as an invalid-table. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same when compactly folded for suspension from a wall. Fig. 3 is a'view of the table, showing its lower side when folded as shown vin Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a view of the table from its head end and when unfolded and set up for use. f

Similar letters of reference refer toy similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, A is the table-top or board, which is to serve as an ironing-board or as a table-top for holding articles of food for an invalid, which table-top or board may be made of any suitable material, yet preferably of wood.

B is the base-frame,of oblong form and comprising end pieces B. B' and side rails B2 B2 (securely connected with the said end pieces, preferably by dovetail-form joints, as practiced in woodstructures) and end stop-piece B2, secured to the head end of the said baseframe B, as shown. f Provided in each side rail B2 from its inner side is the'longitudinal slot b, shown by full lines in Fig. l` and indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and `3, which run from the foot end of said end frame toward the head end of the same to a suitable distance past the point of middle of length of Said side rails, as shown inpFig. l.

C C are bearing-blocks securely fastened to the head end of the table-top onboard A from its lower side, preferably from its lower side by means of suitable bolts o, Figs. 1, 3, and 4. y l

r4D D are standards having their upper ends vsecured together by top cross-'piece D', some- 'what shorter than the width ofthe table-top means of screws to the lower side of the tabletop or board A and at a place in its length which is about vertically over or nearly over the pivot-bolts d, as shown in Fig. l. Against vthis stop-piece a the inner side d of crosspiece D has bearing when the standards D are in vertical position. (Shown in Fig. l.)

' VE E are bracing-bars made with like length but with length greater than that of stand- `ards D. These'bars are arranged, respectively, against the inner sides of standardbars D and are pivoted on the same at suitable points between the ends of the said bars D and from suitable points, as e, between the ends of said bars E by means of suitable pivots E E', which I prefer to make integral with cross -bar E2, preferably of wood, and respectivelywith a length equal to the aggregated thickness of standard-bar D and bracing-bar E, as shown and indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 4.

' F'F are guiding-blocks. These guidingblocks are provided from their outer sides with tongues f, which nicely work in longitudinal slots b, as indicated in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, and the blocks have pivoted on them from their inner sides the lower ends of the bracing-bars E E by means of suitable pivots e',

preferably integral with suitable cross-bar ICO tongues f of said blocks in place in slots l), as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. The upper ends of the bracing-bars E are respectively pivoted on the bearing-blocks C, connected with the table top or board A by means of pivotbolts c. Y

Secured to the table-top or board A from its lower side is the stop-block A, Figs. l, 2, and 3, which block has provided in its rear end the angular-form notch a2, adapted to receive in it the upper inward corner d2 of the top cross-piece D, connecting the upper ends of standards D when the movable and jointed parts of this table are moved from position of full lines to that of dotted lines in Fig. l.

lVhen the standards D D are vertical, end stop -piece B3 will have bearing against the lower ends of said standards at the same time the top cross-piece D is supporting the tabletop from a point at a distance inward from the axial line of the pivots c,which connect the upper ends of the bracing-bars E with the table, and at the same time the stop-piece a, secured to the lower side of the table-top, will have bearing against the inner side of crosspiece D', and thereby lock said standards in place from moving inward in direction of arrow l in Fig. l. This locking of standards D in vertical position operates to hold the bracing-bars at such an angle as will adapt them to support the pivots o (holding the tabletop pivoted to the upper ends of the said bracing-bars) at an altitude suitable for holding the head end of the said table-top or board A at an elevation corresponding with that said top or board is held by the crosspiece D', so that the upper surface of the said top will be level. The guiding-blocks F, pivoted on the lower ends of the bracing-bars E and having their tongues f held in slots b in side rails B2, operate to hold the said bracingbars from changing their angle by weight which may be accidentally imposed on the portion of the table-top whichy projects outward in direction of arrow 2, Fig. l, from the cross-piece D.

Vhen it is desired to give to the table-top or board A a lower elevation, the operator will elevate the foot end of said top or board to such a degree as may be suiiicient to carry the stop-piece ce up out of contact with the crosspiece D of standards D, when the bracingbars E may have their angle of inclination changed from that shown by full lines in Fig. l to that of dotted lines in the same iigure and will at the same time move standards D from vertical position shown by full lines in Fig. l to that of dotted lines in the same iigure, when the cross-piece D will engage with the angular-form notch a2 of the stop-block A'. (Shown by dotted lines.)

When it is desired to fold the several parts of this table compactly together, as shown in Fig. 2, the operator will elevate the foot end of the table-top or board to a suiiieient distance as to clear all the stop-pieces secured to its lower side from contact with the crosspiece D of the standards, when said standards may be readily turned down in direction of curved arrow 3 and move thereby the foot ends of the bracing-bars E in direction of arrow 4, Fig. l, until the guiding-pieces F have been carried to their full distance of movement, when said bracing-bars E and standards D will be folded parallel with each other and with the side rails B2 of the base-frame B, as illustrated by full and dotted lines in Fig. 2, when this improved table may be stood up against a wall or be suspended from a wall by any suitable means.

This table may serve the purpose of an ironing-table when required, and in that service it will allow skirts, shirts, and other garments which have their fabric continuons to have portions below the table to drop down toward the base-frame B and by said base-frame be held clear from touching the iioor or be allowed to drop down in a suitable basket, which may be supported from said base-frame. lVhen this table is to serve the purpose of a table for an invalid on a bed, an attendant may readily adjust the table in such relation to the bed and the occupant as maybe found to be most convenient to the latter. This may be readily done when the table-top has been raised to its highest elevation with parts opened and in position, (shown by full lines in Fig. 1,) when the whole table will be so moved as to canse the base-frame B to be passed beneath the bedstead, while the major portion of the table-top, from the foot end to the standards D, will be carried over and above the bed and in front of the occupant thereof and be clear of the bedclothing and allow the occupant to freely adjust himself in any desired or comfortable position thereon without the table in the least interfering with his movements.

Having described. my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. In a table, the combination with a tabletop and an oblong base-frame provided with longitudinal slots which run in direction of greatest length of said frame, of vertical standards pivoted to the end of the said baseframe which is distant from said slots, and having their upper ends connected by a crosspiece which is adapted to give support to said table-top, and bracing-bars pivoted on said standards and having their upper ends suitably pivoted on said table at a short distance back from said standards, and guiding-blocks provided with tongues working in the horizontal slots provided in the said base-frame, and pivots pivoting said guiding-blocks on the lower ends of said bracing-bars, for the purposes set forth.

2. In a table, the combination with an oblong table-top, bearing-blocks secured to the lower side of the head portion of said top, stop-pieces secured at suitable points to the lower side of the same, and an oblong base- IOO IIO

work in and be held in the slots in the side rails of said base-frame, braeingbars arranged between said standards and pivoted thereon, and having their lower ends pivoted to vthe guiding-blocks and their upper ends pivoted to the bearing-blocks and the end stoppiece adapted to abut said standards when they are in vertical position, for the purposes zo set forth.

MANFRED ENGLE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES SEVLKIRK, OHAs. R. SELKIRK. 

